Yun-Bo Shi

Dr. Yun-Bo Shi is a senior investigator and the head of Section on Molecular Morphogenesis, NICHD, NIH. Dr. Shi received his BS degree from Wuhan University, China, in 1982 and PhD degree from University of California, Berkeley, in 1988. After postdoctoral training at Carnegie Institution, Baltimore, Dr. Shi established his own research group at NIH in 1992. Dr. Shi studies thyroid hormone-dependent Xenopus metamorphosis as a model for postembryonic human development. Dr. Shi has over 180 publications including a monograph on amphibian metamorphosis, and has received numerous recognitions, including the 2009 Award for outstanding accomplishments in biomedical research from NIH Asian & Pacific Islander American Organization and the 2008 Van Meter Award by the American Thyroid Association, which honors an investigator who has made outstanding contributions to research on the thyroid gland. In 2012, Dr. Shi was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Shi was an editor of Cell Research from 2007 to 2010 and is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Cell and Bioscience, the official journal of the Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America.

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